Program Officer (Volunteer) at the Foundation for Youth Development (FYD)

The Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) chaired and founded in 2003 to promote youth empowerment, enlightenment, education and motivation toward becoming national leaders imbued with the qualities of hard work, honesty, integrity, respect for the rule of law, fear of God, and nationalism in Nigeria. Having considered the plights of youths in the country and with the dire need to mitigate the challenges by these teeming population category, Hon Nwuche has taken various actions to collaborate in several capacities with   organizations to bring skills and encourage entrepreneurship among youths.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer (Volunteer)

Location: Abuja

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Map out fundraising strategies that benefit and complement the mission and vision of the NGO.
• Develop programs that align with the organization's mission and goals.
• Establish fundraising and development goals
• Identify potential donors or sources of funding, and plan outreach strategies.
• Schedule and forecast planning for special events that publicize the organization and its programs to the community.
• Develop grants applications or proposals.
• Manage third party contributions to the programme.
• Manage effective communication with stakeholders.
• Represent the director at important events.
• Carry out effective fundraising efforts to achieve the organization’s goals.
• Build productive relationships with potential investors.
• Drafting progress reports of programmes at regular intervals to the Director and important stakeholders.
• Be the public face of the organization.
• Engineer the running of the NGO.
• Perform administrative duties.

Job Specification
Potential candidates must possess:

• A Degree/HND in political science, law, development studies or any other related social science discipline.
• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective budgeting skills
• Sound Marketing skills
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Sound knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
• Ability to think-outside-the-box.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Eligibility - Between 23 and 35 years of age

Application Closing Date
13th July, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV's and recent passport photograph to: [email protected]